Agastache wrightii

Agastache wrightii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Agastache
Species: A. wrightii
Binomial name
Agastache wrightii
(Greenm.) Woot. & Standl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Brittonastrum wrightii (Greenm.) B.L. Rob.
  • Cedronella wrightii Greenm.

Agastache wrightii is a plant species in the genus Agastache, family Lamiaceae. It is native to Arizona and New Mexico, USA, as well as the Sierra Madre Occidental along the boundary between the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora.[2][3] Common name is "Sonoran Giant Hyssop." [4]

This is an herb up to 2 m tall, with blue flowers.

References

  1. The Plant List, Agastache wrightii
  2. Wooton, Elmer Ottis, & Paul Carpenter Standley. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16(4): 168. 1913.
  3. New Mexico Rare Plants
  4. Firefly Forest
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